SOS--MONGOLS!!!!!!

[ColIndyJackson]

Gents:

Good evening from Canada!! I hope this finds you and yours well. As for me, I could complain...yadda, yadda, yadda.

I'm playing as the Byzantine Empire, and I've just been attacked by the Mongols. My faction heir, Prince John, hasn't got the manpower to go against them, ergo, I'm over Niagara Falls without a canoe or a life preserver!!!!

1) How do I get rid of the Mongols? 2) How do I get help to Prince John? 3) How do I keep said Mongols from coming back?

Live long and prosper, take care and thank you kindly!!!

Sincerely yours always,

Indy.

[Askthepizzaguy]

We will need more information about your campaign, i.e. screenshots, date, regions owned, your territory, Mongols territory, your troops, their troops, etc. in order to help you.

Other than blanket general advice, there is nothing further to be added.

[ColIndyJackson]

Gents:

Good morning from Canada!!! I hope this finds you and yours well. As for me, I could complain...yadda, yadda, yadda.

My regions list as the Byzantine Empire goes as follows:

Thessalonica
Nicea
Tblisi
Adana
Rhodes
Smyrna
Durazzo

My campaign has been pretty quiet until Mongols showed up. I married off Princess into France. I just sent my Merchant to France Proper for trade. I sent my Diplomat for a powwow with the Egyptians. I just took over the aforemention Thessalonica from the Rebels. I'm planning to do the same with Constantinople. I believe it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, and to top it all off, I'm at war with Venice and had to do in an important Scilian general.

Otherwise, things have been as quiet as a forgotten cemetery on Halloween.

As for the Mongols, they showed up out of the West out of the Fog of War, and so far, I count four armies of the little you know whats. As usual, any ideas, brainstorms, vague notions, etc. are gratefully received here.

In closing, is it just me or does anybody else think Tblisi is an odd place to put an heir to throne?

Live long and prosper, take care and thank you kindly!!!!

Sincerely yours always,

Indy.

[Quillan]

Umm, what exactly are you playing? In M2TW, the Byzantines begin the game with Constantinople, Thessalonica, Corinth, Nicaea, and Nicosea. Are you playing a mod here?

[Cheetah]

Indy there are at least a half-dozen threads about how to beat the mongols.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=89385

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=93538

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=92604

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=90457

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=88887

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=79195

Also, I was wondering too, that how could you lose Constantinople and Thessalonica to the rebels? These are your best cities. Capture them ASAP!

[ColIndyJackson]

Gents:

Good afternoon from Canada! I hope this finds you and yours well. As for me, I could complain...yadda, yadda, yadda.

I've been reading all this advice, and I've come up with an idea. I've got army down in Adana, which is next door to Antioch from where the French just got their butts kicked. Adana's army is pretty healthy, but the unfortunate thing about all this is that it'll take 'em at least a couple of turns to get 'em to Tblisi. By then, I could have a faction heir who could be pushing up daisies, and Mongols tap dancing on his grave.

Needless to say, I really don't want this. As for the elephants, I'm wishing I had some of my own.

Live long and prosper, take care and thank you kindly!!!

Sincerely yours always,

Indy.

P.S. If marching my army from Adana doesn't work, I can always start from scratch! Oh, by the way, to the gent who suggested I recapture Thessalonica and Constantinople, I've already got Thessalonica, and I'm working on Constantinople.